www.irishtimes.com

Explanations: No. 14695 – Monday, 6 February 2012

Please feel free to leave a comment below. If you have a question about today’s puzzle you can include it in a comment and hopefully your question will be answered!

How did you fare with this crossword?

Across
8 Be seen with a northern decree from a religious leader (8)
BE-N-EDICT
Be (BE) seen with a “northern” (N) decree (EDICT) from = BENEDICT: a religious leader. 9 Everyone round this morning is in brown (2,1,3) T(O A-M)AN
In “brown” (T-AN) is “round” “this morning” (O-AM) = TO A MAN: everyone. 10 You heard the barrister in the photo was open (6) P(U-BL)IC
In “the photo” (P-IC) “‘you’ heard” “the barrister” (U-BL) was = PUBLIC: open. 11 Sucker to laze around with one type of music (8) LOLL-I-POP
To laze around (LOLL) with “one” (I) type of music (POP) = LOLLIPOP: sucker. 12 Minister some current overhaul (6) REV-AMP
Minister (REV) some current (AMP) = REVAMP: overhaul. 13 Shipped in the Spanish one to watch (8) SENT-IN-EL
Shipped in (SENT IN) “the” Spanish (EL) = SENTINEL: one to watch. 15 Endure 10 out of 10 for instance (4) LAST
Endure (LAST) 10 out of 10, for instance (LAST). 17 Put on a quick programme with many a Schubert composition (7) APP-LIED
A quick programme (APP) with “many a Schubert composition” (LIED) = APPLIED: put on. 19 Grinding a revolutionary plane part (7) CHE-WING
A revolutionary (CHE) plane part (WING) = CHEWING: grinding. 22 Greyish article withdrawn (4) A-SHY
Article (A) withdrawn (SHY) = ASHY: greyish. 24 Twelve back on promptly (8) NO-ON-TIME
Back “on” (NO) promptly (ON TIME) = NOONTIME: twelve. 27 Penny or Page are not Ma or Da (6) P-AREN’T
“Penny” or “Page” (P) are not (AREN’T) = PARENT: Ma or Da. 29 Piano and table choice for a laptop maybe (8) P-OR-TABLE
“Piano” and “table” choice (P OR TABLE) for = PORTABLE: a laptop maybe. 30 Pest interrupting time slips (6) ER(RAT)A
Time (ER-A) interrupted by “pest” (RAT) = ERRATA: slips. 31 Cold evidence there’s cause for a blessing (6) SNEEZE
Cold evidence (SNEEZE) there’s cause for a blessing (SNEEZE). 32 Weather some metals, but not alloys (8) ELEMENTS
Weather (ELEMENTS) some metals, but not alloys (ELEMENTS).

Down
1 Be deliberate to confuse (6)
BE-MUSE
Be (BE) deliberate (MUSE) = BEMUSE: to confuse. 2 Brutally punish seeing the swag taken from an Achill village (8) KEEL-HAUL
The swag taken from an Achill village (KEEL HAUL) seeing = KEELHAUL: brutally punish. 3 One following a record pile-up (8) DISC-IPLE
A record (DISC) “pile” up (IPLE) = DISCIPLE: one following. 4 How not to run a business clueless (2,1,4) AT A LOSS
How not to run a business (AT A LOSS) clueless (AT A LOSS). 5 Last wandering in to see the leader from Georgia (6) STAL-IN
“Last” wandering (STAL) in (IN) to see = STALIN: the leader from Georgia. 6 Thanks to a greeting note found a Gauguin setting (6) TA-HI-TI
Thanks (TA) to “a greeting” (HI) note (TI) found = TAHITI: a Gauguin setting. 7 A Frenchman and how he refuses capturing north or south (8) N(A-POLE)ON
How a Frenchman refuses (N-ON) capturing “north or south” (A POLE) = NAPOLEON: a Frenchman. 14 Create a lasting impression and so on at the hospital (4) ETC-H
And so on (ETC) at “the hospital” (H) = ETCH: create a lasting impression. 16 A barrier first of all? (4) A-DAM
A barrier (A DAM) = ADAM: first of all? 18 UK currency stance put forward for consideration? (8) PRO-POUND
UK currency stance (PRO POUND) = PROPOUND: put forward for consideration. 20 Hyped about a layer like silt-sand for example (8) HYP(HEN)ED
Hyped (HYP-ED) about “a layer” (HEN) = HYPHENED: like “silt-sand” for example. 21 Fighting words, walk … rise in speech (3,5) WAR CRIES
“Walk … rise” in speech = WAR CRIES: fighting words. 23 More exacting one cutting off? (7) SEVER-ER
One cutting off? (SEVER-ER) = SEVERER: more exacting. 25 Neither one missing was lower (6) NE-THER
“Neither” “one” missing (“NE-i-THER” missing the “i”) was = NETHER: lower. 26 One note by perhaps a Médoc native (6) I-NB-RED
One (I) note (NB) perhaps a Médoc (RED) = INBRED: native. 28 Write music that’s not polished off (6) NOT-ATE
Not (NOT) polished off (ATE) that’s = NOTATE: write music.